Chinese LCD makers
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Gaming company NXC looks to unload stroller maker Stokke
NXC Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s Nexon Games Co., is looking to unload Stokke AS, a premium baby stroller brand, for around 700...
Mar 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dongkuk to file anti-dumping petition vs Chinese color steel imports
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. and SeAh Steel Corp. are set to file an anti-dumping complaint against Chinese rivals in March as the country plans to impo...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
South Korea to levy 38% anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel products
South Korea plans to impose up to 38% provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese hot-rolled steel plates starting next month, judging that those pro...
Feb 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea to probe Chinese, Japanese steel imports over anti-dumping claims
South Korea is set to launch an anti-dumping investigation into hot-rolled steel imports from China and Japan, according to government and industry ...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Korean tractor maker Daedong ends two-decade partnership with Deere
Daedong Corp., South Korea’s leading tractor and farm machinery maker, has ended its two-decade-long partnership with Deere & Co., the wor...
Feb 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners, 2 Chinese firms vie for CJ Cheiljedang’s $4 bn bio business
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners and two leading Chinese biotechnology firms are vying for management control of CJ Cheiljedang C...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai in talks to buy back Korean ship parts maker
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is in talks with a private equity firm to buy back a South Korean ship parts manufactu...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem embarks on sale of dermal filler business worth $343 million
LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemicals producer that is fostering vaccine and new drug development as new growth drivers, has kick...
Feb 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Marine sets sights on LNG vessel retrofitting in Trump era
While the global shipbuilding industry was reeling from the economic slowdown in recent years, South Korea’s HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a...
Feb 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion’s Vegzelma: Most-prescribed cancer treatment in Europe
South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc.'s Vegzelma, a cancer drug referencing global biopharma Roche’s Avastin, h...
Feb 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Magnachip, up for sale again, contacts Samsung, LG, LX
South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. is on the market again four years after the US blocked a takeover by a Chinese private equity f...
Feb 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
PCB maker Isupetasys cancels M&A with carbon nanotube producer
South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) maker Isupetasys Co. has withdrawn a 300-billion-won ($210 million) deal to buy Jeio Co., one of the countr...
Jan 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Electronics secures control of Bear Robotics
LG Electronics Inc. has secured control of Bear Robotics Inc., a service robot developer, by raising its stake to 51% from 21% as it aims to expand ...
Jan 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On bags $1.8 billion EV battery deal with Nissan
Loss-making SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has hit the jackpot with a $1.8 billion deal to supply electric vehicle batter...
Jan 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CVC poised to buy S.Korea’s top contact lens maker OLENS
CVC Capital Partners is in the final stage of talks to acquire OLENS, South Korea’s largest contact lens brand, for about 500 billion won ($34...
Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
South Korea’s steel imports from China at 7-year high
South Korea’s imports of steel products from China climbed to their highest level in seven years despite a decrease in its total steel imports...
Jan 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire gains edge over Chinese rivals under Trump tariffs
CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee -- Early this month at the Hankook Tire plant in Clarksville, construction workers were installing the steel framework of its...
Jan 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
China's BYD enters S.Korean EV market
China’s electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD Co. officially debuts in the South Korean passenger car market on January 16. BYD's first-selling...
Jan 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
S.Korea's webtoon industry sales surpasses $1.36 bn
South Korea's webtoon market size surpassed 2 trillion won ($1.36 billion) for the first time. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and...
Jan 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Seoul Semiconductor wins patent lawsuit vs Signify
Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light emitting diode (LED) display maker, said on Thursday it has won a patent litigation case agai...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea mulls visa waiver for Chinese group tourists
South Korea is considering temporary visa exemptions for Chinese group tourists to boost the domestic tourism sector, after being spooked by the bot...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Foreign workers in S.Korea surpasses 1 million
The number of foreign workers in South Korea has broken past the 1 million mark.According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, as of May, there were 1.56...
Dec 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Paper
Korean paper makers to file anti-dumping complaint vs Japanese rivals
South Korean corrugated cardboard sheet makers such as Asia Paper Manufacturing Co. have decided to file an anti-dumping complaint against Japanese ...
Dec 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, BAIC to inject $1.1 bn in China joint venture
Hyundai Motor Co. and its Chinese partner Beijing Motor Corp. (BAIC) will jointly invest $1.1 billion in their joint venture, which produces and sel...
Dec 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
China’s Mingyang to foray into Korean wind turbine market with Unison
China’s Mingyang Smart Energy, one of the top five global wind turbine suppliers, is gearing up for its advance into South Korea’s wind ...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon to release The First Berserker: Khazan in China
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. said on Monday it signed a deal with China's Tencent Games to publish its new action rol...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korean displays regain top spot with premium information tech OLEDs
South Korean display makers regained ground in the global organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel market in the second quarter, elbowing out the p...
Dec 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Kamur PE sells cutting tool maker JJ Tools to Blackstone
Seoul-based Kamur Private Equity has signed a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake in South Korean industrial cutting tool manufacturer JJ ...
Nov 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korea Sent a Mystery Man to Lead Its Troops Fighting Ukraine
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Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics rises to global prominence in HVAC segment, ranks fifth
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, has emerged as one of the world’s top five players in the heating, ventilati...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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